(January 4, 2013) LONDON — A leading real estate agency has decided to switch its entire fleet of sales consultants’ vehicles to Fiat 500 city cars. Orchards of London, a specialist estate agency with offices in Ealing and Chiswick, West London, took delivery this week of 15 new Fiat 500s.

The 15-car agreement was arranged through Fiat’s Motor Village dealer group and sealed at the Hayes, Middlesex branch by Tony Dittli, managing director, Motor Village, and Orchards of London directors Paul Connolly and Joseph Murphy.



"Fiat 500 and Orchards of London are a perfect environmental fit — Fiat is internationally recognized as having the lowest average CO2 emissions of all major car brands in Europe, while Orchards of London recently won gold for corporate social responsibility at the National Estate Agency of the Year Awards," a Fiat press release stated. "It was a major reason why Orchards of London chose the 500, of which more than one million have been built."

To further reinforce this, during the vehicle handover, Orchards of London sales and lettings consultants were given training in the use of Fiat’s eco:Drive software with their new 500s by Fiat zone fleet manager Elaine Wolfe.

“The environment is extremely important to us and we have a responsibility to make sure that we look after what we have,” says Paul Connolly, managing director, Orchards of London. “One of the first things we checked when looking for a new car was the carbon emissions. We also felt the Fiat 500 would represent our brand very well as it is modern, elegant and full of personality — just like us.”

“This is an exciting deal and we are delighted to be working with Orchards of London,” said Tony Dittli, managing director, Motor Village.

“It demonstrates our ability and commitment to handle any size of contract, from one car, to 15 or much more, with total dedication to providing exceptional customer service and support through the lifecycle of the vehicles. We are very much looking forward to working on similar arrangements in the future, including more with Orchards of London.”